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Maria Thomas48 said:Maybe it would have been more appropriate if Sisyphus had answered me instead of crimsonfalcon10. If anyone wants to be a masochist, that's their call. But honestly, anyone advocating for preserving this credit-based system is just being a masochist.
I feel like I've shown countless times that the current system has a deliberate flaw designed to prevent actual prosperity. I lay it out using logic, math, and undeniable examples, and the response I get is always something like: "That doesn't apply to us. We want to work until we're 95. We want our past labor to turn into nothing so we're forced to keep working." That’s just how a 20-year-old thinks. By the time you hit 60, you'll be completely burnt out from the factories, the shifts, the bosses, the meager paychecks, and you'll be counting down the days until retirement—even if it's for pennies—just so you don't have to look at the same faces at work every single day. And now you're telling me it's fine for my savings to just evaporate on its own right when I need them most, at a time when I won't be able to pick up extra side gigs after hours. That is pure, unadulterated masochism.
The government moved to push the women's retirement age up to 65 today. What happens in twenty years? Maybe we'll be working until 75? They try to "fix" flaws in the Constitution by just extending the working life. What's the limit here—working until death or becoming disabled? If they keep applying this logic, I'm certain we'll see a massive spike in disability claims. You could also expect an increase in suicides among older, capable people because some might prefer that over being left disabled by some "accidental" mishap.
This is a bit of a tangent, but it's the main point. Working forever isn't the answer. We should be using our brains to find a better way. Labor alone won't pull us out of a crisis (look at Japan for example). We need to expose this scam as soon as possible, rather than defending it as the only viable solution. I assume you all want a better future for your kids. By supporting this system, you're ensuring they won't have one (unless you happen to be a banker).
Regards
🙂 The 2% of people who understand how the system works can live comfortably without working, but 98% of people will live this way... that's reality... though those 2% must take care of the other 98% and somewhat 'fairly' direct capital toward them... especially since we must ensure the satisfaction of the masses doesn't drop below a critical level... because if the masses get angry, anything can happen...
I came across this topic today and it's fascinating... we share similar views regarding the amount of money in circulation... if that were the only variable in the system, it would be easy... but we have one pump driving that mass of money, and that is psychology, which is highly unpredictable and volatile, jumping quickly from optimism to pessimism... and that's where the problem lies, because economic growth is built on optimism, not just an increase in the money supply... that's why these market crashes happen...
Cheers!

